Cyrus Bates House · Photo: Loslazos · CC BY-SA 4.0Henderson has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 7% stay in Henderson for work; outside it, Watertown is the main destination (22%, 16 miles). 133 jobs are based in Henderson; 500 of its residents have a job. Henderson grades C+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Henderson
Henderson is a place people come home to
There are 133 jobs based in Henderson, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Henderson has about 1,000 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Henderson averages 30 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (23 to 25 minutes). Next door ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 500 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Henderson earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Henderson is better than 40% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Henderson’s grade up ($92,400, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (4.5%) is left out: Henderson’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Henderson could be anywhere from C− to B.
Who commutes out of Henderson, and who commutes in
On a workday 466 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Henderson on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Henderson work
Where Henderson clocks in
Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Making and building: 56% of jobs based in Henderson
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Henderson, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 133. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Henderson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Henderson, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Henderson workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 567 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Henderson commutes
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Henderson commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Henderson is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Henderson near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 668 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.3% of Henderson households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Henderson’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Henderson is 2,642nd among 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,640 | Meade Center Township KS | 1,674 | $75K | 6.1% | 0.0% | 36% | C+ |
| 2,641 | Plymouth ME | 1,328 | $62K | 6.5% | 2.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,642 | Henderson NY | 1,400 | $92K | 9.1% | 4.5% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,643 | Union Township OH | 1,816 | $80K | 9.6% | 6.2% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,644 | Washington Township OH | 1,273 | $68K | 7.6% | 6.3% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Henderson, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door is work for 20% of Henderson
The biggest share goes to Ellisburg (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Henderson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson | – | C+ | D− | 30 min | $92,400 |
| Hounsfield | 4% | B | C | 25 min | $82,981 |
| Ellisburg | 9% | C | C | 24 min | $77,115 |
| Adams | 7% | B | B+ | 23 min | $78,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Henderson’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Henderson: questions
What is the median household income in Henderson?
$92,400 (±$12,642) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Henderson?
9.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Henderson?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Henderson work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watertown (22%, 16 mi), Ellisburg (9%, 8 mi), Watertown (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Henderson walkable?
Henderson is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Henderson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Henderson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Henderson
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.